Dominic Mitchell is an English playwright and screenwriter. He is the creator and writer of the BBC 3 television series ''
In the Flesh In the Flesh may refer to:
Books
* ''In the Flesh'' (2009 graphic novel), a collection of stories by Koren Shadmi
Film and TV
* ''In the Flesh'' (1998 film), an American gay-themed murder mystery film
* ''In the Flesh'' (2003 film), an Indian ...
''.
Education
Mitchell studied BA (Hons) Film & Video at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design in
Farnham
Farnham ( /ˈfɑːnəm/) is a market town and civil parish in Surrey, England, around southwest of London. It is in the Borough of Waverley, close to the county border with Hampshire. The town is on the north branch of the River Wey, a trib ...
(now the
University for the Creative Arts
The University for the Creative Arts is a specialist art and design university in the south of England.
It was formed in 2005 as University College for the Creative Arts at Canterbury, Epsom, Farnham, Maidstone and Rochester when the Kent Inst ...
).
Career
Theatre
In 2009 Mitchell won the Papatango script competition with his
darkly comic play "Potentials".
Whatsonstage.com
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called it a "sharply observed satire…truly tense with an utterly gripping climax". His short play "No. 30 to Pluto" was joint winner of the
Churchill Theatre
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's new writing competition and was performed on the main stage as part of their 30th Birthday Gala celebrations.
Television
In 2013 he was selected as one of BAFTA's 'Breakthrough Brits'.
''In the Flesh'' first aired on BBC Three on 17 March 2013. The first series comprised three hour-long episodes. An extended second series comprising six hour-long episodes was aired in the United Kingdom from 4 May 2014 and from 10 May 2014 on BBC America. The series was cancelled in 2015 due to funding cuts to BBC Three's budget. He won the Best Writer award at the 2014 BAFTA TV Craft awards for his TV series
In The Flesh In the Flesh may refer to:
Books
* ''In the Flesh'' (2009 graphic novel), a collection of stories by Koren Shadmi
Film and TV
* ''In the Flesh'' (1998 film), an American gay-themed murder mystery film
* ''In the Flesh'' (2003 film), an Indian ...
, which went on to win 'Best Mini Series'
at the 2014 BAFTA awards.
He wrote the fifth episode of the
HBO
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science fiction show ''
Westworld
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'' with Lisa Joy and was a supervising producer on the show's first season.
References
External links
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Living people
1979 births
British dramatists and playwrights
British male dramatists and playwrights
British science fiction writers
English television writers
English screenwriters
English male screenwriters
British male television writers